The song of names / Norman Lebrecht.
Publication details: London : Review, 2002.Description: 311 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 0755300955
- 0755300947
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- 1939-1945
- Novel -- English -- 21st century -- Texts
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
- Violinists -- England -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Violinists -- Fiction
- Friendship
- Missing persons
- Violinists
- London -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- London -- History -- 20th century -- fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- England -- London
- 823.92 21
- PR6112.E35 S66 2002
- 18.05
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | LEB | Available | 066001 |
First published in paperback in 2003.
"Two boys are growing up in wartime London. Martin is an only child, imprisoned in swottish loneliness. Then Dovidl enters his home, a refugee violinist from Warsaw. Ì am genius,' says Dovidl. Ỳou have information. Together we make good team.'" "His arrival brings merriment and love, mischief and menace. Blood-brothers, they roam the ruined city, finding tragedy and triumph, sex and crime. It is the time of their lives, their finest hour." "Then Dovidl disappears, on the afternoon of his international debut. Martin is broken-hearted, his father near-bankrupted, the police dumbfounded. Where has he gone? How can a genius escape his date with destiny? How could he betray a brother?" "Martin is condemned to forty years of humdrum half-life until, one wintry night, an unexpected musical clue sets him on the trail to an astonishing act of self-discovery, and renewal."--Book jacket.